{"id":1017880,"date":"2026-08-22T22:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T22:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1017880\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T22:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T22:14:16","slug":"woman-who-went-missing-in-east-county-found-living-in-mexico-sheriffs-dept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1017880\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman who went missing in East County found living in Mexico: Sheriffs Dept."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Ukrainian woman who was reported missing in east San Diego County a year ago has been found living in Mexico, the San Diego County Sheriff\u2019s Office reported this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ukrainian-woman2.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ukrainian-woman2.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling blonde woman in a black top holds a brown leather-bound book toward the camera, conveying warmth and confidence in a portrait.\" class=\"wp-image-397822\"  \/><\/a>Ganna Kovrizhnykh was reported missing by family in July 2025. (Photo courtesy of San Diego County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn July 2025, Ganna Kovrizhnykh (Pronounced Kov-riz-nick), a Ukrainian citizen, was reported missing by family members after her car and trailer were found abandoned on private property in Potrero,\u201d Sgt. Jacob Klepach of the SDSO\u2019s missing persons and cold case team said in a statement released Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe San Diego County Sheriff\u2019s Office conducted an extensive investigation, exhausting all leads,\u201d Klepach said. \u201cSheriff\u2019s investigators believed Kovrizhnykh likely had voluntarily crossed into Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Aug. 7 of this year, sheriff\u2019s investigators were able to establish contact with Kovrizhnykh and verified her identity. She is believed to be staying in Sinaloa, Mexico, according to the SDSO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sheriff\u2019s Office has notified the Ukrainian Embassy of Kovrizhnykh\u2019s whereabouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Ukrainian woman who was reported missing in east San Diego County a year ago has been found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1017881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,2222,5425,407351,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1017880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-america","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-mexico","tag-missing-person","tag-potrero","tag-san-diego","tag-sandiego","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117141469222481699","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1017880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1017881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1017880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1017880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1017880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}